How to go about getting a prototype made?

[treequip]

When dealing with a concept its vital to get confidentiality agreements in place before sharing your idea with third parties.

[arboriculturist]

NO NO NO NO NO

 

Do not spend another penny or second of your time on this as it will never give you a return.

 

This is a niche market in the extreme, which will never be scaleable.

 

Development and patent costs would be massive.

 

Stick with what you are good at if it is a proven model that earns you money.

 

If you put your time, money and energy into your existing business, your efficiency will improve, the phone will ring more and you will increase your income.

 

 

Good luck.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Buy a 3D printer so you can make scale models and possibly a prototype.

Then you can use the 3D printer for your children's homework assignments and make expensive looking gifts for the wife. (Actually they will have cost you a fortune!)

😄😄

[Jack.J]

Cheers for the reply's everyone

Not throwing anything at it yet but thought it was worth looking into, Thanks again.

[Jack.J]

Is it a chainsaw you can control from the cab with the heater on?

 

 

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Had that thought the other day actually Mark as the snow was hammering through sideways! So far its a 200T/ drone combo but that's more a sideline at the min

[openspaceman]

Buy a 3D printer so you can make scale models and possibly a prototype.

Then you can use the 3D printer for your children's homework assignments and make expensive looking gifts for the wife. (Actually they will have cost you a fortune!)

😄😄

 

That's on my wishlist (with the drone but being close to Gatwick will a problem for that) .

 

Anyway the OP should remember that patents are only a licence to sue and, as a barrister once told me, even with a solid case there is only a 70% chance of winning.

 

What worries me in these litigious times is how does one get product liability insurance for small runs or one offs? A former colleague and harvesting contractor went back to university and gained a degree in design engineering, after 10 years working as a model maker and latterly engineering technician for a university designing and making bits for students experiments now wants to go freelance but insurance is the big problem.